the beginnings of our global age: europe, africa, and asia 1415-1796
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What was Prince Henry objectives?What is a cartographer?Who was Vasco da GamaHow did Portuguese exploration lead to the creating of a
trading empire?Summarize the story of Christopher Columbus and when did
he come to the Americas.Explain what the Treaty of Tordesillas wasWhat is Ferdinand Magellan’s story?What is circumnavigate?
Class activity p. 85-89
African Slave Trade ExplodesSlave = Slavs
taken from Southern Russia to work in Roman times
Europeans enter the Slave TradePlantations
The Asante KingdomOsei Tutu
Unified the kingdom
Claimed his right to rule from heaven
Officials by merit rather than birth
Macao (p. 101)Portuguese trading
postLater
Dutch, English Supervised tradePayments with
gold and silver only
Christian missionaries in ChinaMatteo Ricci
JesuitContributions
GeographyMathematicsPhilosophyOther scientific
topics
The Manchu Conquest (1644)Manchuria
Northeast The Great WallFall of the Ming
DynastyBeginning of the
Qing Dynasty
Qing DynastyConfucian system of
governmentSupported by Chinese
scholarsKangxiQianlong
Expanded China’s borders
Retired after 60 years
Peace and ProsperityChinese economy
expandedNew crops from the
Americas Corn and potatoes
Population boom 140 million (1740) to
300 million (1800)Silk, cotton, porcelain
industries expanded internally and
internationally
Rejecting contact with Europeans Restricting foreign trade Lord Macartney
Head of a British diplomatic mission
Brought samples of British-made goods
Chinese saw them as crude products and gifts to the emperor.
Insisted on an audience with the emperor
Kowtow (touching head to the ground).
Spoke of natural superiority of the English.